WASHINGTON — The White House convened top administration officials and Jewish leaders on Wednesday for a summit on antisemitism, which has spiked sharply in recent years — and has become a national crisis in recent months.
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a roundtable discussion with Jewish leaders about the rise in antisemitism and efforts to fight hate in the United States in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022.
Emhoff is the first Jewish spouse to have been part of a successful presidential ticket. Many of President Biden’s top advisers are also Jewish — as antisemitic conspiracy theorists have unfailingly noted. The coronavirus pandemic, and the economic devastation it caused, appears to have supercharged animosity against Jews, which had been rising since 2015; the bigotry has been further boosted by other factors like the rise of online extremism.
“People are no longer saying the quiet parts out loud,” Emhoff said. “They are literally screaming them." Also in attendance Wednesday was former Ambassador Susan Rice, who heads the Domestic Policy Council. She recounted growing up in Shepherd Park, a District of Columbia neighborhood that was home to large Jewish and African-American populations. Thehas only contributed to the pervasive feeling that old animosities are becoming prominent again, helped along by the universality of social media and fostered by deepening social isolation and political polarization.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
‘Epidemic Of Hate’: Doug Emhoff Condemns Recent Antisemitism Spike At White House RoundtableThe Anti-Defamation League has recorded more than 500 antisemitic incidents so far this year.
Read more »
Emhoff: ‘Epidemic of hate’ exists in US, mustn’t be normalizedDoug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, says a rise in antisemitism in the United States shows that an “epidemic of hate” exists in the country and cannot be normalized.
Read more »
Emhoff to host Jewish leaders for discussion of antisemitismWASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff , the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will host Jewish leaders this week to discuss a rise in antisemitism and efforts to fight hate in the United States.
Read more »
'White Lotus' creator Mike White finds wide success after 25 years in the marginsAs the second season of HBO's The White Lotus comes to a close, creator Mike White reflects on how it examines the dark side of sex, and how at its heart is a mix of Laverne & Shirley and Survivor.
Read more »
'White Lotus' creator Mike White finds wide success after 25 years in the marginsAs the second season of HBO's The White Lotus comes to a close, creator Mike White reflects on how it examines the dark side of sex, and how at its heart is a mix of Laverne & Shirley and Survivor.
Read more »